# Knights of Columbus
# [Council 7515] (https://sje7515.org/)
# Business Meeting

## Date & Time
- Wednesday March 8th 2023 - 7:30pm
	
## Attendance Count
- 22 (start of meeting)
	
## Opening Prayer
- Led by *Grand Knight*

## Roll Call
- *Present* Grand Knight (Brother Walter Burek)
- *Present* Deputy Grand Knight (Brother Bill Myer)
- *Present* Chancellor (Brother Lou Penge)
- *Present* Advocate (Brother John Bowan)
- *Present* Treasurer (Brother Paul Oesterle)
 ~~Absent~~  Financial Secretary (Brother Cary Yonce)
- *Present* Recorder (Brother Keith McGuire)
- *Present* Warden (Brother John Beck)
 ~~Absent~~ Inside Guard (Brother Jim Dulin)
- *Present* Outside Gaurd (Brother Bill Moredich)
- *Present* One Year Trustee (Brother John Perdoch)
- *Present* Two Year Trustee (Brother Chris Mazzeo)
- *Present* Three Year Trustee (Brother Wayne Tallman)


## Meeting Minutes
- Available and posted on-line for review prior to the meeting
*Motion to accept previous minutes
*Motion Accepted


## Financial Secretary Report
*Brother Paul in place of Brother Cary*
- Star Council, we need 4 more new members by June 30th to be eligable
- See confidential numbers

## Treasurer Report
*Brother Paul*
- See confidential numbers
*Motion to accept finances (subject to audit)
*Motion Accepted


## Advocate Report
*Brother John Bowan*
- Exemplification - 4th Degree Dates
   - June 24th in Glenside, 70$ fee
   - Brother Bill Moredich will be getting his 4th degree
- OLG degree this month but nobody for our council
- COAL more money trickling in
   

## Charity Committee Report
*Brother John Eidenhofer*
- Current budget is approximately equal to the amount of dollars we currently have
- as a result, the council decided to stick with budgeted items and table all new requests until September (when we get more money from the golf outing)

1. Tunnel to Towers Foundation, $500 (Brother Bill Meyer)
- 1st reading
- t2t.org 
- organization gives custom designed mortgage free homes to Gold Star and Fall First Responders
- very worthy charity, Brother Joe knows someone personally who has benefited from it (family of friend who was marine and killed in Afghanistan) - the charity gave their family a mortgage free home.
- approved charity in KOC Charitable Fund
*Motion to accept 1st reading
*Motion Accepted

2. Veteran's Multi-Service Center, $1000 (Brother Paul)
- 1st reading
- organization provides variety of services to veterans
- 100% of proceeds go to charity
- John Dabella from WMGK and wife involved for years
- approved charity in KOC Charitable Fund
*Motion to accept 1st reading
*Motion Accepted

3. Philly Friends of V, $1,500 (Brother Wayne)
-  Budgeted item
-  In honor of Gary Gladwell, parishoner who passed away
-  Cornhole tournament May 20th fundraiser
*Motion to accept 2nd reading (budget was 1st reading)
*Motion Accepted

4. Wreaths Across America, $300 (Brother John Bowan)
-  1st reading
-  Started in 2007, place wreaths on graves of honored dead
-  Place wreaths on graves Saturday before Christmas
-  We can put wreaths on the graves (volunteer opportunity, just ask Brother John for details)
-  Was $150 for 10 Wreaths, appears to have increased to $170 for 10 Wreaths
-  Cut off date is November 28th
-  As a result, we will table this until John can determine the actual price
*Motion to accept 1st reading
*Motion Tabled Until Further Notice



## Program Committee Report
*Brother John Perdoch*
1. Baptisms (Brother John Perdoch)
   - 2 baptisms on Sunday Feb 19th
   - this past Sunday Brother Anthony's son was baptized
   - Father Will was in good form with jokes and getting the other children involved
   
2. Brother John wants to look into Designer Bag bingo or Chilli Cook Off or something like thing as a potential fundraiser that is not the Golf Outing
      
3. COAL (Chance of a Lifetime (Brother John Bowan)
   - more money trickling in
   
4. Adopt-a-Family (Brother Jim or Brother Wayne)
   - Sign ups start this weekend and next
   - The two weeks after that will be the parishoner food drop off (need more people for that)
   - April 8th (day before Easter) will be the delivery (need 25-30 guys for this)


## Old Business/New Business
   - Brother Paul addendum to numbers
   - New member: Brother John Webber

## Good of the Order


## Intentions and Closing Prayer for the Intercession of Venerable Michael McGivney
- Military
- Personal intention
- John's mother Josephine in hospice
- Brother Donovan liver transplant
- Ukraine war victims and refugees
- First responders
- Our families
- Families dealing with dementia
- Pray for world peace
- Veterans
- Johns' mother Josephine in hospice
- Family who lost another member
- Friends in Ukraine
- Connie Moredich cancer and son Joe looking for work
- Wayne's father in hospice
- Uncle
- Holy Souls in purgatory
- Lou's friend Jerry with cancer
- Paul's friend Tasha with breast cancer
- Deceased members of our council



## Closing Prayer
- Led by *Grand Knight*